From what I gather, you don’t personally value genetic relatedness. And maybe you feel that you personally shouldn’t. And maybe, also, you feel that it’s barbaric for others to hold such valuations. Lewontin, on the other hand, feels that it’s a moral imperative to make sure that everyone doesn’t hold these valuations. And he believes that people’s valuing is contingent on their assessment of the ontological status of these relations. It’s the difference between a heterosexual who feels mild distaste at sodomy and a biblical fundamentalist who …

]]>By: dz alexanderhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/11/lewontin-against-the-age/#comment-48538
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:26:02 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=19079#comment-48538// Also, I actually saw Harry Oster speak at ASHG, and it seems likely to me that Richard Lewontin is not painting an accurate portrait of the book he is reviewing here //

Are you saying you haven’t read the book?

]]>By: Chris_T_Thttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/11/lewontin-against-the-age/#comment-48537
Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:11:12 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=19079#comment-48537I don’t wish him ill, but it’s people like him that make me wonder about the wisdom of radical life extension.

“Science advances one funeral at a time” indeed.

]]>By: Bolanhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/11/lewontin-against-the-age/#comment-48536
Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:29:00 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=19079#comment-48536And the image with the bell-bottom jeans has to do with “…this isn’t 1972 anymore.” ?
]]>By: RedZenGenoisthttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/11/lewontin-against-the-age/#comment-48535
Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:01:52 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=19079#comment-48535His naked confusion serves, by being transparent enough to have a fallacy named after him.
]]>By: Nanonymoushttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/11/lewontin-against-the-age/#comment-48534
Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:29:06 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=19079#comment-48534A simple and sad case of senility now. A classic case of Marxist delusional liar previously. Oh well, there is always his “Biology as Ideology” series on Youtube for those who appreciate his schtick. At least it was done before he started to mix up mtDNA and rRNA…
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